Issue 34 in xmobar: Config file as actual code?

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Comment #1 on issue 34 by jaortega: Config file as actual code?
http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=34

I guess you mean something similar to what xmonad does: compile  
the "configuration" file to create the actual xmobar executable. That'd be  
interesting, but, unlike xmonad, xmobar does not have a good default  
configuration to use for people installing just the binary (from, say, a  
Debian package) and do not want to install ghc. Including ghc's runtime in  
the binary would bloat xmobar, which is intended as a lightweight monitor.

The way to do what you want is to write a plugin. One of the things i'd  
like to do in the future is to make plugins more flexible (ideas welcome!),  
but even as they stand now they're quite usable (provided you don't mind to  
recompile xmobar yourself), and i think you'll have no problem in doing  
what you want in a plugin.

The plugin system is described in the README, but i'll be happy to provide  
any needed clarifications and improve the documentation.

Thanks!